Check out my woody's

[Krash]

My new "wood" top sheets. We will see how long the $1.50 roll of contact paper lasts. I did a few top coats of marine grade urethane to give it a good gloss. If this fails, then I am ordering up some REAL 1/64" wood veneer. I had to do something to the ugly graphics. I will post about the durability once they hit snow.


Lets put it to the test;

What ski is it?

[pechelman]

elan 999?

[XtrPickels]

jesus those are shiny
looks pretty slick

[SkiEvil]

Movement Thunders?

[El Chupacabra]

That's exactly what I had in mind earlier this year for my neon Explosivs. I decided to keep them neon and ugly.

I just picked up a set of Powder Plusses; once I get the binding hole plugs sanded down flush with the topsheet, I'm going to do the woodgrain shelf paper. That looks a lot nicer than I expected it to look.

[El Chupacabra]

Also - are those Bros?

[Fatty]

That looks awesome - curious to hear about durability

[Krash]

That looks a lot nicer than I expected it to look.

I was pretty blown away how good it does look. You can barely see the graphics under the paper if you look real close.

[soul_skier]

but what ski is it, looks around 100 at the waist

[Krash]

193cm 139/110/129

[JTrue]

193cm 139/110/129

Nordica Blowers?

[Krash]

Nordica Blowers?

you got it. Fuckin ugly graphic's, even without the horrible color and computer printer quality of the '05-'06 protos, and all hacked from last season. So it was time to change it up. Its dumping in Summit, and hopefully I can skip out of work in the am for a few and test out the durtability.

I will let y'all know how it works out

[El Chupacabra]

What did you use to trim the contact paper around the edges of the ski? I'm going to be doing this project soon.

[Dromond]

That's exactly what I had in mind earlier this year for my neon Explosivs. I decided to keep them neon and ugly.

I just picked up a set of Powder Plusses; once I get the binding hole plugs sanded down flush with the topsheet, I'm going to do the woodgrain shelf paper. That looks a lot nicer than I expected it to look.

Perhaps the most and 2nd most often repainted skis? I've been on repainted CMH exploders for a couple years and just finished putting the last layer of clearcoat on a pair of Pow+

[Krash]

What did you use to trim the contact paper around the edges of the ski? I'm going to be doing this project soon.

A utility blade, and a dremel with a sanding drum. Then I sprayed 2 coats of urethane, the finish looks good, but a clear enamel might be more durable.

[Pow4Brains]

Please let us know how this holds up. They look $$$$$$

[El Chupacabra]

A utility blade, and a dremel with a sanding drum. Then I sprayed 2 coats of urethane, the finish looks good, but a clear enamel might be more durable.

Thanks -- dremel + drum is a good idea; I was wondering what to use to smooth the edges.

Edit: Did you dremel the edges smooth before or after spraying the urethane clear-coat?

[Hutch]

Also - are those Bros?

Sacrilege! wash your mouth out with soap.

Those look kickass! Tele would tear that shit up I bet.

[danhikeski]

did you put a gloss coat on it? they look sweet.

dan

[marshalolson]

stoked to hear how it lasts...

[BLOOD SWEAT STEEL]

stoked to hear how it lasts...

Me too. Especially since I am forced to close my eyes everytime I ski those things because I can't stand the sight of them.

It really hasn't been working out for me too well in the trees.

[72Twenty]

Looks good.... I might try this out as well.

[XtrPickels]

did you put a gloss coat on it? they look sweet.

dan

you don't read too good eh son?

[Squatch]

hmm...i have some ninja bros that might get the same treatment. either that or a pirate flag.

you can add me to the list of "want to hear how the hold up"--they look sick.

[danhikeski]

you don't read too good eh son?

left the reply window opened for a while and after i posted, i noticed it above.